Month: October 2014

Features, Men's Track & Field, Sports, Women's Track & Field

A Walk in the Park: Van Cortlandt and MC’s Intertwined History

For those not attuned to the world of athletics, Van Cortlandt Park serves as a nature-escape from city surroundings or a spot to lay out when the weather warms up. But, for cross-country athletes, or anyone who runs as a pastime, the park represents years of blood, sweat and tears from both amateurs and the greatest runners of all time. Van Cortlandt Park is the … Continue reading A Walk in the Park: Van Cortlandt and MC’s Intertwined History

claire leaden
Opinions & Editorials

Hispanic Heritage Month Overlooked at MC

Ivan Bohoroquez called the Fuerza Latina meeting into order at exactly noon on Wednesday afternoon to discuss the group’s participation in Hispanic Heritage Month. The founder and president of Manhattan College’s Latino American pride and community service group detailed the different events they would partake in over the next month including a bilingual mass in the Chapel De La Salle, “Los Dias de los Muertos” … Continue reading Hispanic Heritage Month Overlooked at MC

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Arts & Entertainment

Grab Your Steins, It’s Beer Time

JAMES O’CONNOR & LAKE WOLOSKER PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR & SENIOR WRITER Fall is the season when the appeal of the sidewalk café starts to wane and more and more New Yorkers retreat inside to indulge in alcoholic treats. Across all the boroughs of New York, there are beer gardens, alehouses and locations that sport a wide variety of drinks from the tap that can quench the thirst of … Continue reading Grab Your Steins, It’s Beer Time

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Men's Basketball, News, Sports, Women's Basketball

Manhattan College Basketball Athletes to Receive Additional Benefits in 2016

Manhattan College will allow its men and women basketball student-athletes to receive the full cost of attendance starting in 2016. The decision, enabled by a federal lawsuit ruling against the NCAA, is estimated to be a 3 percent increase on basketball funding. Ed O’Bannon, a former UCLA men’s basketball player, sued the NCAA in an antitrust class-action lawsuit for using his name, image and likeness … Continue reading Manhattan College Basketball Athletes to Receive Additional Benefits in 2016

Chris Cirillo
Baseball, Sports

New Jasper Home Plays Host to 2015 MAAC Championship

Three months ago, it was announced that the Manhattan Jaspers baseball program would no longer be calling Van Cortlandt Park home. Van Cortlandt Park was in constant need of fieldwork done by the Jaspers. It often had uneven dirt in the infield and on the pitcher’s mound, pocketed grass in the outfield and an aging scoreboard. The field also had just one set of bleachers. … Continue reading New Jasper Home Plays Host to 2015 MAAC Championship

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College, News

New Library Policy Catches MC Students by Surprise

Senior David Montiel received an alarming email last Saturday on his morning subway ride, notifying him of a $55 fee for failing to renew his study room reservation. “Originally I went to the library to use a study room on Friday and received an email the next day that I owed $55 for not returning a key,” said Montiel, who—like most Manhattan College students—uses the … Continue reading New Library Policy Catches MC Students by Surprise

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Opinions & Editorials

The Epidemic of Sexual Assault

JENNA BLOOMER STAFF WRITER As college students suffering through our daily problems, we rarely think about what is going on around us. Sexual assault is an issue that we always hear about but most of us ignore. Manhattan College is basically wallpapered with flyers, barraging us with information on sexual assault in today’s society and realizing that there is a need for a change in … Continue reading The Epidemic of Sexual Assault

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